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ERCOT 2012 Five-Year Transmission Plan Update. 2012 Five-Year Transmission Plan. 2012 5YTP Scope and Process. Match SSWG Cases to TPIT updates (June)/ Remove non- RPG projects. SSWG Contingencies. Generation Cost Data. SSWG 12DSB Cases : May Update. Conditioned cases. Start Cases
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ERCOT 2012 Five-Year Transmission Plan Update RPG Meeting
2012 Five-Year Transmission Plan 2012 5YTP Scope and Process Match SSWG Cases to TPIT updates (June)/ Remove non- RPG projects SSWG Contingencies Generation Cost Data SSWG 12DSB Cases : May Update Conditioned cases Start Cases (Powerworld) Reliability Analysis (on-going) Posted at the POI on June 14 Posted at the POI on July 5 RPG Meeting
2012 5YTP Start cases summary • Summary of Start Cases • Reserve margins are tight due to 90th percentile load • Analysis split into 2 regions for 2013, 2015 and 2017 (based on weather zones) with base case created for each region • North/ North Central/ West/ Far West • South/ South Central/ East/ Coast • Mothball Generation activated in 2015 and 2017 cases • Mothball units de-activated in each individual zone during reliability analysis of that zone • Table below summarizes the cases with these changes to load and generation RPG Meeting
2012 5YTP Reliability Analysis • Start Cases & Reliability Analysis • Updated start cases (2013, 2015 & 2017) posted at the POI on July 5th • SCOPF & CA completed for start cases (2013, 2015 & 2017) • Reliability analysis results for the start cases sent to the TO’s on July 6th • Next Steps • Work with Transmission Owners to review start case results (in the next three weeks) • Perform Reliability analysis to identify initial reliability projects for N-1 • Perform G-1 & N-1analysis • Perform project back-out to validate results • Determine final set of projects and complete Reliability analysis (target Sept.3) RPG Meeting
2012 5YTP Schedule 2012 5YTP Schedule/timeline: Posted at the POI site : http://planning.ercot.com/planning/near/fiveyr/ RPG Meeting
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